Save Item from Jlist

Question

I have a JList that is populated from database. My idea is , when i click in one item from JList , that selection is saved on a String .

final JList list = new JList();
list.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
list.setBounds(24, 107, 256, 407);
getContentPane().add(list);

How I can save in String , a item selected from JList ? need to do any ActionListener ?

Answer 1

You'll have to implement a

ListSelectionListener 

and in the method

valueChanged(...) 

you can store the value of the selected String by using

String value = list.getSelectedValue();

or if you have selected more you can use a String array as

String[] values = list.getSelectedValues();